Linksys Wireless Manager

What is Linksys Wireless Manager? (from Linksys)

The Linksys Wireless Manager is used to configure the Linksys wireless adapter. It lets you search for available wireless networks, establish or terminate a connection with a wireless network, and save a wireless network’s settings.The Linksys Wireless Manager is installed when you run the Setup CD of the adapter on a... Read more

Overview

Linksys Wireless Manager is a program developed by Linksys. The most used version is 4.9.9047.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The main program executable is LinksysWirelessManager.exe. The software installer includes 5 files and is usually about 28.95 MB (30,359,391 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows Vista (SP2). While about 77% of users of Linksys Wireless Manager come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and United Kingdom.

Behaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task

LinksysWirelessManager.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{41D61F93-F1D1-4F8A-9423-87FA90A3EE9D}' (runs on registration).

Startup File (All Users Run)

LinksysWirelessManager.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Linksys Wireless Manager' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Linksys\Linksys Wireless Manager\LinksysWirelessManager.exe" /cm /min /lcid 1033.